The Kookaburras have gone down to India 3-1 in a penalty shootout following an entertaining FIH Pro League match in Bhubaneswar tonight. Scores were locked 2-2 at full time before India prevailed in the shootout, the result enough for the Kookaburras to jump above India into third place on the FIH Pro League standings after their 4-3 win 24 hours earlier. The Kookaburras thought they had broken the deadlock in the 8th minute through Lachlan Sharp, only for the video referee to adjudge obstruction to India goalkeeper Sreejesh Parattu. Scores remained level heading into the second quarter until ..read more

The Kookaburras face a tough first up away FIH Pro League assignment when they take on India in two pivotal matches in Bhubaneshwar, starting tonight local time (12.30am AEDT Saturday 22 February). It has been three weeks since the Kookaburras were last in action following a 5-1 win over Great Britain on 2 February in Sydney. Now coming into the two matches against India, Kookaburras Head Coach Colin Batch is looking for his charges to take another step forward as the squad continues to build towards being at their peak for Tokyo 2020. “While in the short term we want to improve this weekend ..read more

Kookaburras Head Coach Colin Batch has announced a 20-player team who will head to Bhubaneshwar, India for the upcoming FIH Pro League matches on 21/22 February 2020. Josh Beltz, Daniel Beale and Jacob Anderson are the three inclusions to the team from the Kookaburras’ last outing – a 5-1 win over Great Britain on 2 February. Attacking midfielder Kurt Lovett, who made his debut in the rout of Great Britain, has also retained his spot as the Kookaburras prepare to play an Indian team sitting second on the Pro League standings and high on confidence. “We had four games in virtually a week in Sy ..read more

The Kookaburras’ stellar 2019 has been officially recognised with Head Coach Colin Batch named the FIH Men’s Coach of the Year. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) just publicly announced Batch as the recipient of the award, 24 hours after Hockeyroo Rachael Lynch won the FIH Female Goalkeeper of the Year. While aware that the FIH’s announcement of the coach award was imminent, the usually calm and composed Batch was taken aback when Kookaburras co-captains Eddie Ockenden and Aran Zalewski made the surprise presentation to him in front of the squad after training. Batch becomes just the ..read more

Fresh from a few days off after consecutive defeats of Great Britain and making his 200th Kookaburras appearance, Jake Whetton took away much more than just the five points from the weekend in Sydney. “I guess if you were to take something positive out of the first game against GB, it was the ability to come back into the game after falling behind 4-2, which shows that the resilience of the group is great,” said Whetton. “Obviously it’s something we don’t want to rely on that often but it’s nice to know we were able to get back into the game and finish it off in a shootout.” “Game two was a m ..read more

Nasihin Nubli. While the Malaysian women's hockey team opted for "online training" to stay away from Covid-19, India's seniors travelled to Argentina, and their juniors to Chile for friendly matches. Malaysia are preparing for the women's Asian Champions Trophy (ACT) in Donghae, South Korea on March 31-April 7 where they will meet Olympic-bound India as well. "We decided to go 'online' instead of centralised training during MCO 2.0 (Movement Control Order) with two new elements. "This time around the players can do physical workout around their housing estate, and I also send them videos ..read more

The Kookaburras have fought back from two goals down to secure an incredible 3-1 penalty shootout win against Great Britain after scores were locked 4-4 at full time in their FIH Pro League encounter at the Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre. With the thermometer reaching a sweltering 45 degrees Celsius at pushback, the Kookaburras’ never say die attitude was on full display as the defending champions came from two goals down in the last quarter to celebrate the milestones of Jake Whetton (200 games) and Tom Craig (100 games) with their first win of the 2020 FIH Pro League campaign. “It was a ..read more

A brilliant tomahawk goal from Grace Stewart at the death has earned the Hockeyroos a nail biting 2-1 victory against Olympic title holders Great Britain in their FIH Pro League match in Sydney tonight. The result also ensured defenders Edwina Bone (200 games), Karri McMahon (150) and goalkeeper Jocelyn Bartram (50) celebrated their milestone games on a winning note. With the Australian backline holding firm under mounting pressure and the clock ticking down towards a third straight Hockeyroos match being decided by a penalty shootout, Steph Kershaw was able to thread a pass through to Stewar ..read more

Tokyo 2020: Athletics must be creative if Olympic Games do not go ahead - Lord Coe World Athletics president Lord Coe says the sport "may have to think out of the box" if the Olympic Games do not go ahead in 2021. The Tokyo Games have been pushed back a year because of coronavirus and Coe says there are "no certainties" they will happen on the new date. The two-time Olympic 1500m champion suggested other events could be organised to replace those cancelled. "I really hope we are in a position to deliver the Tokyo Games," he said. Lord Coe is president of athletics' global governing bod ..read more

As advised to England Hockey League clubs on 17 July, pursuant to EHL Regulations 14.1 and 14.3.1, Bowdon and Leicester City - with the support of Wapping - lodged an Appeal Notice in respect of the decision made in respect of concluding the 2019/20 season that was confirmed by the England Hockey Board on 28 April. The Appeal was then stayed to enable a process of alternative dispute resolution to take place. No resolution was reached and so the Appeal proceeded. The Appellants were seeking: A direction that the EHCD (England Hockey Competitions Department) and/or England Hockey adopt an Alt ..read more